Wrong-way driver dies after crashing into semitruck in Tooele County

A wrong-way driver died after crashing into a semitruck about 15 miles east of Wendover at 3 a.m. Saturday.

A wrong-way driver died after crashing into a semitruck about 15 miles east of Wendover at 3 a.m. Saturday. (Department of Public Safety)


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TOOELE — A wrong-way driver died after crashing into a semitruck about 15 miles east of Wendover at 3 a.m. Saturday.

Utah Highway Patrol got reports of a wrong-way driver headed east on a westbound lane of I-80 in Tooele County.

Troopers said the passenger vehicle struck a semitruck pulling a trailer and the driver of the wrong-way vehicle was killed.

The semitruck driver was treated for minor injuries and there were no other occupants in either vehicle. Utah Highway Patrol said a second passenger vehicle sustained damage after hitting debris that in the road.

Police suspect the wrong-way driver was impaired, but the cause of the crash is being investigated, according to the Department of Public Safety.

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